Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 140-148 West 137th Street, Borough of Manhattan
Subtitle: built 1923-25 : architect George W. Foster, Jr
By: Landmarks Preservation Commission
Contributors: Moore, Christopher Paul, 1952- author; Dolkart, Andrew, author
Series: Designation list / Landmarks Preservation Commission -- 252
Publisher: Landmarks Preservation Commission
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Buildings; Buildings, structures; Church history; African American churches; African American architects; Gothic revival (Architecture); Church architecture; Architecture; Conservation and restoration; Church buildings; Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (New York, N.Y.); African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Notes: "LP-1849."

Report prepared by Christopher Moore and Andrew S. Dolkart.

"July 13, 1993"--Caption.

"Landmark Site: Borough of Manhattan, Tax Map Block 1921, Lot 51"--Page 1.

"A distinguished composition in the neo-Gothic style ... was designed by George W. Foster, Jr., one of the first black architects to be registered in the United States"--Page 1.

Includes bibliographical references.